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Neutral 48 (OpenAI - 5.2)
Rating:48Neutral
Price Target:
284.00 p
▲(4.34% Upside)
Action:Reiterated
Date:03/17/26
The score is held back mainly by weaker financial quality (margin compression, volatile cash generation, and higher leverage) and bearish technicals (price below key moving averages with negative MACD). A very high dividend yield provides partial support but is offset by a relatively elevated P/E given recent profitability.
Positive Factors
Revenue Growth
Sustained top-line expansion culminating in a sharp 2025 revenue jump builds a larger fee and premium base for years. For an insurer/asset manager this durable scale supports higher recurring fee income, broader mandate wins and creates optionality to reinvest in capabilities despite near-term margin pressure.
Negative Factors
Rising Leverage
A materially more geared balance sheet reduces capital cushions and financial flexibility. Higher debt raises interest and covenant risk, constrains capacity to write long-duration liability business, and increases the likelihood of capital raising or balance-sheet management actions under stress.
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Positive Factors
Negative Factors
Revenue Growth
Sustained top-line expansion culminating in a sharp 2025 revenue jump builds a larger fee and premium base for years. For an insurer/asset manager this durable scale supports higher recurring fee income, broader mandate wins and creates optionality to reinvest in capabilities despite near-term margin pressure.
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Legal & General (LGEN) vs. iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF (EWC)

Legal & General Business Overview & Revenue Model

Company Description
Legal & General Group Plc (LGEN.L) is a prominent financial services company delivering a diverse range of insurance products and related services across the United Kingdom, the United States, and numerous international markets. Its operations are...
How the Company Makes Money
Legal & General makes money mainly by (1) underwriting and managing long-term insurance and retirement liabilities and (2) managing assets for clients. In its retirement/institutional business, it earns profits by pricing and writing annuities and...

Legal & General Financial Statement Overview

Summary
Despite strong reported revenue growth (including a sharp jump in 2025), profitability has compressed versus 2020–2021, cash flows have been volatile with multiple negative years, and leverage has risen materially as debt increased and equity declined—reducing financial flexibility.
Income Statement
58
Neutral
Balance Sheet
44
Neutral
Cash Flow
32
Negative
BreakdownDec 2025Dec 2024Dec 2023Dec 2022Dec 2021
Income Statement
Total Revenue12.54B12.96B11.07B10.19B9.29B
Gross Profit12.26B12.59B10.72B9.90B8.99B
EBITDA1.11B704.00M558.00M1.26B2.92B
Net Income498.00M191.00M457.00M783.00M2.05B
Balance Sheet
Total Assets582.27B544.17B522.10B506.32B575.46B
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments17.10B18.58B22.54B36.26B16.49B
Total Debt25.11B7.70B6.12B5.48B5.39B
Total Liabilities579.96B540.66B517.31B494.18B564.51B
Stockholders Equity2.28B3.55B4.83B5.56B10.98B
Cash Flow
Free Cash Flow4.50B-4.54B-14.48B20.28B-374.00M
Operating Cash Flow4.55B-4.45B-14.24B20.46B-169.00M
Investing Cash Flow170.00M239.00M-422.00M-226.00M133.00M
Financing Cash Flow-2.93B331.00M-556.00M-1.03B-1.50B

Legal & General Technical Analysis

Technical Analysis Sentiment
Positive
Last Price272.20
Price Trends
50DMA
265.87
Positive
100DMA
254.44
Positive
200DMA
243.62
Positive
Market Momentum
MACD
6.52
Negative
RSI
69.59
Neutral
STOCH
31.26
Neutral
Evaluating momentum and price trends is crucial in stock analysis to make informed investment decisions. For GB:LGEN, the sentiment is Positive. The current price of 272.2 is below the 20-day moving average (MA) of 278.37, above the 50-day MA of 265.87, and above the 200-day MA of 243.62, indicating a bullish trend. The MACD of 6.52 indicates Negative momentum. The RSI at 69.59 is Neutral, neither overbought nor oversold. The STOCH value of 31.26 is Neutral, not indicating any strong overbought or oversold conditions. Overall, these indicators collectively point to a Positive sentiment for GB:LGEN.

Legal & General Risk Analysis

Legal & General disclosed 8 risk factors in its most recent earnings report. Legal & General reported the most risks in the "Finance & Corporate" category.
Finance & Corporate - Financial and accounting risks. Risks related to the execution of corporate activity and strategy
Latest Risks Added 0 New Risks

Legal & General Peers Comparison

Overall Rating
UnderperformOutperform
Sector (68)
Financial Indicators
Name
Overall Rating
Market Cap
P/E Ratio
ROE
Dividend Yield
Revenue Growth
EPS Growth
77
Outperform
£4.21B10.808.13%7.21%-1.72%63.64%
76
Outperform
£9.08B1,740.4912.35%5.37%12.45%28.89%
74
Outperform
£2.56B21.648.35%3.40%71.85%
68
Neutral
$18.00B11.429.92%3.81%9.73%1.22%
67
Neutral
£1.66B13.738.33%4.91%2.02%69.06%
52
Neutral
£8.00B26.899.49%7.09%52.52%
48
Neutral
£15.71B49.1315.89%8.29%53.06%191.61%
* Financial Sector Average
Performance Comparison
Ticker
Company Name
Price
Change
% Change
GB:LGEN
Legal & General
286.90
52.88
22.59%
GB:RAT
Rathbones Group PLC
1,606.00
-56.82
-3.42%
GB:SDR
Schroders
585.50
233.73
66.44%
GB:ABDN
Aberdeen Group
236.00
59.31
33.57%
GB:QLT
Quilter
192.20
40.79
26.94%
GB:MNG
M&G Plc
335.60
95.04
39.51%

Legal & General Corporate Events

Regulatory Filings and Compliance
Legal & General discloses share sale by senior retirement executive
Neutral
Jun 22, 2026
Legal General has disclosed a transaction by Gareth Mee, Chief Executive Officer of Institutional Retirement and a person discharging managerial responsibilities, involving the sale of 70,704 ordinary shares in the company. The shares, each carry...
Business Operations and StrategyStock Buyback
Legal & General cancels nearly 2m shares in latest buyback tranche
Positive
Jun 22, 2026
Legal General has repurchased 1,988,916 of its ordinary shares between 15 and 17 June 2026 through its broker Barclays Capital Securities, as part of the share buyback programme launched in March. The repurchased shares will be cancelled, reducin...
Business Operations and StrategyStock Buyback
Legal & General Cancels 3.8 Million Shares in Ongoing Buyback
Positive
Jun 15, 2026
Legal General Group has repurchased 3,821,565 ordinary shares between 8 and 11 June 2026 as part of its ongoing share buyback programme, executing the trades via Barclays Capital Securities across multiple trading venues. The repurchased shares w...
Regulatory Filings and Compliance
Legal & General Executives Reinvest Dividends in Company Shares
Positive
Jun 9, 2026
Legal General Group Plc reported that several senior executives, including the Group COO, CFO and other PDMRs, purchased ordinary shares through the company’s Employee Share Plan Dividend Reinvestment Plan on 5 June 2026 at £2.71 per s...
Business Operations and StrategyStock Buyback
Legal & General Cancels Over 6.1 Million Shares in Ongoing Buyback
Positive
Jun 8, 2026
Legal General has repurchased 6,188,720 ordinary shares between 1 June and 5 June 2026 through its broker Barclays Capital Securities Limited, as part of the share buyback programme launched in March. The shares, bought across multiple trading ve...
Regulatory Filings and Compliance
Legal & General Directors Increase Holdings via Dividend Reinvestment Plan
Positive
Jun 8, 2026
Legal General has disclosed that several directors and senior executives acquired ordinary shares under the company’s Dividend Reinvestment Plan on 4 June 2026. Non-executive directors Laura Wade-Gery, Nilufer Kheraj and George Lewis, along...
Business Operations and StrategyRegulatory Filings and Compliance
Legal & General Executives Buy Shares Under Employee Plan
Positive
Jun 2, 2026
Legal General has disclosed that several senior executives, including the group chief risk officer, group chief financial officer and other PDMRs, purchased ordinary shares in the company under its Employee Share Plan. The transactions, executed ...
Regulatory Filings and Compliance
Legal & General Discloses Share Option Exercise by Chief Risk Officer
Neutral
Jun 2, 2026
Legal General has disclosed a transaction by its Group Chief Risk Officer, Chris Knight, under its Savings Related Share Option Plan. Knight exercised options over ordinary shares granted in the 2021 ShareSave Plan and subsequently sold 9,130 sha...
Regulatory Filings and Compliance
Legal & General discloses share purchase by non-executive director
Neutral
Jun 1, 2026
Legal General has disclosed a share transaction by non-executive director Mark Jordy, in line with UK Market Abuse Regulation requirements. Jordy purchased 980 ordinary shares in the company at £2.684 per share on 1 June 2026 through the Lon...
Business Operations and StrategyStock Buyback
Legal & General Cancels 5.5m Shares in Ongoing Buyback Drive
Positive
Jun 1, 2026
Legal General Group has repurchased 5,493,017 of its ordinary shares between 27 and 29 May 2026 as part of the share buyback programme it launched in March. The shares, acquired via broker Barclays Capital Securities across multiple trading venue...
Stock BuybackRegulatory Filings and Compliance
Legal & General Updates Share Capital and Voting Rights After Buyback
Positive
Jun 1, 2026
Legal General has confirmed that, as of 29 May 2026, its share capital comprised 5,558,653,675 ordinary shares of 2.5 pence each, all carrying voting rights, and that it holds no shares in treasury, establishing the relevant baseline for sharehol...
Business Operations and StrategyDelistings and Listing Changes
Legal & General Adds Sharesave Scheme Stock to London Listing
Neutral
Jun 1, 2026
Legal General has admitted 118,837 new ordinary shares of £0.025 each to trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange under its existing block admission. The shares, allotted through the company’s Sharesave (SAYE) scheme, ar...
Business Operations and StrategyStock Buyback
Legal & General Cancels 12.6 Million Shares Under Ongoing Buyback
Positive
May 26, 2026
Legal General Group has repurchased 12,578,843 ordinary shares between 18 and 22 May 2026 through its broker Barclays Capital Securities across multiple London trading platforms, with the shares to be cancelled. The transactions are part of the s...
Business Operations and StrategyRegulatory Filings and Compliance
Legal & General to Switch External Auditor to Deloitte from 2028
Neutral
May 26, 2026
Legal General Group has announced that, following a formal competitive tender overseen by its audit committee, it intends to appoint Deloitte as its external auditor for the financial year ending 31 December 2028 onwards, subject to shareholder a...
Business Operations and StrategyStock BuybackDividendsShareholder Meetings
Legal & General Wins Strong Investor Backing at AGM and GM
Positive
May 21, 2026
Legal General shareholders approved all resolutions at the company’s Annual General Meeting in London, including the receipt of 2025 financial statements, a final dividend of 15.67 pence per share and the election or re-election of all nomi...
Regulatory Filings and Compliance
Legal & General Discloses Share Sale by Chief Risk Officer
Neutral
May 20, 2026
Legal General Group Plc disclosed that its Group Chief Risk Officer, Chris Knight, classified as a person discharging managerial responsibilities, has sold 49,293 ordinary shares in the company. The transaction, executed on 19 May 2026 at a price...
Business Operations and StrategyStock Buyback
Legal & General Cancels 24.3 Million Shares in Ongoing Buyback
Positive
May 18, 2026
Legal General has repurchased 24,290,384 of its ordinary shares between 11 and 15 May 2026 as part of the share buyback programme launched in March. The shares, bought via Barclays Capital Securities on multiple trading venues at prices generally...
Business Operations and StrategyStock Buyback
Legal & General Cancels 16.9 Million Shares in Ongoing Buyback
Positive
May 11, 2026
Legal General Group Plc has repurchased 16,869,889 ordinary shares between 5 and 8 May 2026 through its broker Barclays Capital Securities, as part of the share buyback programme announced in March. The repurchased shares will be cancelled, reduc...
Business Operations and StrategyExecutive/Board Changes
Legal & General Executives Acquire Shares Under Employee Plan
Positive
May 5, 2026
Legal General has disclosed that several senior executives and persons discharging managerial responsibilities, including the group chief risk officer, chief financial officer, chief operating officer and other top managers, purchased small volum...
Business Operations and StrategyStock Buyback
Legal & General Cancels 28.7 Million Shares in Ongoing Buyback
Positive
May 5, 2026
Legal General has repurchased 28,721,089 ordinary shares between 27 April and 1 May 2026 through its broker Barclays Capital Securities, as part of the share buyback programme launched in March. The repurchased shares will be cancelled, reducing ...
Regulatory Filings and Compliance
Legal & General Chair Sir John Kingman Buys Shares in Company ISA Transaction
Positive
May 1, 2026
Legal General Group Plc disclosed a share transaction by its chair, Sir John Kingman, in line with UK Market Abuse Regulation reporting requirements. The filing records the purchase of 650 ordinary shares at a price of £2.529492 per share in...
Business Operations and StrategyStock BuybackRegulatory Filings and Compliance
Legal & General Updates Share Capital and Voting Rights After Buyback
Positive
May 1, 2026
Legal General has reported that, as at 30 April 2026, its share capital comprised 5,634,995,043 ordinary shares with voting rights and no shares held in treasury, setting the official total voting rights figure used by investors to assess disclos...
Business Operations and StrategyDelistings and Listing Changes
Legal & General Adds Sharesave Scheme Stock to London Listing
Neutral
May 1, 2026
Legal General Group Plc has admitted 137,479 new ordinary shares of £0.025 each to trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange. The shares, issued under the company’s Sharesave Scheme (SAYE), are fully fungible with existin...
Regulatory Filings and Compliance
Legal & General Discloses Routine Share Purchases by Non-Executive Directors
Positive
May 1, 2026
Legal General has disclosed share purchases by non-executive directors Mark Jordy, Ric Lewis and Laura Wade-Gery in line with UK Market Abuse Regulation requirements. The three directors acquired ordinary shares at £2.53 each on 1 May 2026 u...
Business Operations and StrategyRegulatory Filings and Compliance
Legal & General Discloses Share Purchase by Non-Executive Director
Positive
Apr 28, 2026
Legal General Group Plc has reported a share purchase by non-executive director Clare Bousfield, who acquired 9,834 ordinary shares in the company on 27 April 2026. The transaction, carried out on the London Stock Exchange, increases her personal...
Business Operations and StrategyStock Buyback
Legal & General Cancels 19.4 Million Shares in Ongoing Buyback
Positive
Apr 27, 2026
Legal General has repurchased 19,361,337 of its ordinary shares between 20 and 24 April 2026 through its broker Barclays Capital Securities, as part of the share buyback programme announced in March. The shares, bought across multiple trading ven...
Regulatory Filings and Compliance
Legal & General CFO Exercises Long-Term Incentive Share Award
Neutral
Apr 21, 2026
Legal General has disclosed a transaction by Group Chief Financial Officer and director Andrew Kail involving the exercise of a performance share plan award granted in April 2021. The award became exercisable following the end of a two-year holdi...
Business Operations and StrategyStock Buyback
Legal & General cancels 6.7 million shares in ongoing buyback programme
Positive
Apr 20, 2026
Legal General Group has repurchased 6,659,783 of its ordinary shares between 13 and 17 April 2026 through its broker Barclays Capital Securities, as part of the share buyback programme announced in March. The shares, acquired across multiple trad...
Business Operations and StrategyStock Buyback
Legal & General Cancels 4.8 Million Shares in Ongoing Buyback
Positive
Apr 13, 2026
Legal General Group Plc has repurchased 4,796,492 of its ordinary shares between 7 and 10 April 2026 through its broker Barclays Capital Securities, at prices around 255–261 pence per share, and will cancel all of the shares bought. The tra...
Executive/Board ChangesRegulatory Filings and Compliance
Legal & General discloses COO share award vesting and sale for tax
Neutral
Apr 10, 2026
Legal General has disclosed a transaction by Group Chief Operating Officer and PDMR Katie Worgan involving the vesting of a restricted share award granted under the company’s Share Bonus Plan. The first tranche of the award, comprising 35,5...
Business Operations and StrategyRegulatory Filings and Compliance
Legal & General grants ShareSave options to senior executives
Neutral
Apr 10, 2026
Legal General has granted options over its ordinary shares to senior executives under its Savings Related Share Option Plan, known as the ShareSave Plan. Group Chief Operating Officer Katie Worgan and Chief People Officer Emma Holden received opt...
Business Operations and StrategyExecutive/Board ChangesRegulatory Filings and Compliance
Legal & General Awards Long-Term Share Incentives to Senior Executives
Neutral
Apr 10, 2026
Legal General has granted senior executives and persons discharging managerial responsibilities a series of nil-cost options and share awards under its Performance Share Plan and Share Bonus Plan. The awards, which cover millions of ordinary shar...
Executive/Board ChangesRegulatory Filings and Compliance
Legal & General grants restricted share awards to new Chief People Officer
Neutral
Apr 10, 2026
Legal General has granted restricted share awards totaling 351,066 ordinary shares to its newly appointed Chief People Officer, Emma Holden, to compensate for incentive awards forfeited on leaving her previous employer. The awards, made under the...
Regulatory Filings and Compliance
Legal & General Discloses Share Sale by Chief Risk Officer
Neutral
Apr 10, 2026
Legal General has disclosed a share transaction by Group Chief Risk Officer Chris Knight, in line with UK Market Abuse Regulation requirements. Knight, classified as a person discharging managerial responsibilities, sold a total of 82,612 ordinar...
Regulatory Filings and ComplianceShareholder Meetings
Legal & General Sets 2026 AGM and Capital-Reduction General Meeting
Neutral
Apr 9, 2026
Legal General Group has published the notices for its 2026 Annual General Meeting and a separate General Meeting, following the release of its 2025 Annual Report and Accounts in March. The company will hold the AGM on 21 May 2026 at BMA House in ...
Business Operations and StrategyExecutive/Board Changes
Legal & General confirms vesting of equity awards for asset management CEO Eric Adler
Neutral
Apr 8, 2026
Legal General has confirmed the vesting of a second tranche of conditional share awards granted to Eric Adler, CEO of Asset Management, as part of a package designed to compensate him for incentives forfeited when he left his previous employer. T...
Executive/Board ChangesRegulatory Filings and Compliance
Legal & General executives receive vested share awards under bonus plan
Neutral
Apr 8, 2026
Legal General has disclosed the vesting of restricted share awards granted in April 2023 to several senior executives under its Share Bonus Plan, in line with UK Market Abuse Regulation requirements. The awards vested on 6 April 2026, with a port...
Business Operations and StrategyStock Buyback
Legal & General Cancels 5.8 Million Shares in Latest Buyback Tranche
Positive
Apr 7, 2026
Legal General Group has repurchased 5,819,363 ordinary shares between 30 March and 2 April 2026 through its broker Barclays Capital Securities, as part of the share buyback programme launched in March. The shares, bought across multiple trading v...
Regulatory Filings and Compliance
Legal & General Executives Buy Shares Under Employee Plan
Positive
Apr 2, 2026
Legal General has disclosed that several senior executives, including the Group Chief Risk Officer, Group Chief Financial Officer, and other PDMRs, purchased small amounts of ordinary shares under the company’s Employee Share Plan. The tran...
Regulatory Filings and Compliance
Legal & General Discloses Share Sale by Chief Risk Officer
Neutral
Apr 2, 2026
Legal General has disclosed that its Group Chief Risk Officer and person discharging managerial responsibilities, Chris Knight, sold 200,000 ordinary shares in the company on 1 April 2026. The transaction, executed on the London Stock Exchange at...
Business Operations and StrategyDelistings and Listing ChangesRegulatory Filings and Compliance
Legal & General Admits New Shares Under Employee SAYE Scheme
Neutral
Apr 1, 2026
Legal General Group has admitted 126,987 new ordinary shares of £0.025 each to trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange under its existing block admissions tied to the company’s Sharesave (SAYE) employee scheme. This inc...
Stock BuybackRegulatory Filings and Compliance
Legal & General updates share capital and voting rights after share buyback
Neutral
Apr 1, 2026
Legal General Group Plc has confirmed that as of 31 March 2026 its issued share capital comprised 5,679,494,539 ordinary shares of 2.5p each, all carrying voting rights, with no shares held in treasury. This figure serves as the reference denomin...
Regulatory Filings and Compliance
Legal & General Chair Reports Purchase of Shares
Neutral
Apr 1, 2026
Legal General Group Plc has disclosed a transaction by its chair, Sir John Kingman, in line with UK Market Abuse Regulation reporting requirements. The company reported that Kingman purchased 647 ordinary shares of Legal General at a price of &#...
Regulatory Filings and Compliance
Legal & General discloses board directors’ share purchases
Neutral
Apr 1, 2026
Legal General has disclosed share purchases by three non-executive directors, Mark Jordy, Ric Lewis and Laura Wade-Gery, in line with regulatory requirements under the UK Market Abuse Regulation. The directors acquired ordinary shares of £0....
Executive/Board ChangesRegulatory Filings and Compliance
Legal & General Discloses Vesting of COO Katie Worgan’s Restricted Share Award
Neutral
Apr 1, 2026
Legal General has confirmed the vesting of a portion of restricted share awards granted to Group Chief Operating Officer Katie Worgan, part of a package designed to compensate her for incentive awards forfeited when she left her previous employer...
Business Operations and StrategyPrivate Placements and FinancingRegulatory Filings and Compliance
Legal & General Updates £7bn Euro Note Programme Prospectus
Positive
Apr 1, 2026
Legal General Group Plc and its financing subsidiary Legal General Finance PLC have published a new base prospectus for their £7 billion Euro Note Programme, dated 1 April 2026. The document, which covers note issuance by both entities with...
Business Operations and StrategyStock Buyback
Legal & General cancels 8.1m shares in latest buyback tranche
Positive
Mar 30, 2026
Legal General Group has repurchased 8,087,004 of its ordinary shares between 23 and 27 March 2026 through its broker Barclays Capital Securities, with the shares to be cancelled as part of the share buyback programme announced earlier in March. F...
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This AI Analyst Stock Report is automatically generated by our AI systems using advanced algorithms and publicly available financial, technical, and market data. While the information provided aims to be accurate and insightful, it is intended for informational purposes only and should not be considered financial advice. Any content created by an AI (Artificial Intelligence) system may contain inaccuracies and/or contain errors. Investing in stocks carries inherent risks, and past performance is not indicative of future results. This report does not account for your personal financial circumstances, objectives, or risk tolerance. Always conduct your own research or consult with a qualified financial advisor before making investment decisions. The analysis and recommendations provided are based on historical and current data and may not fully reflect future market conditions or unexpected developments. Neither the creators of this report nor its affiliated entities guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of the information presented. Use this report at your own discretion and risk.Date of analysis: Mar 17, 2026